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Palestinian officials and groups that are often deemed to be “moderates,” have once again been very clear about their desire to destroy Israel and forswear peace. But many in the media won’t report on it.

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) — an umbrella organization for Palestinian groups headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas — recently tweeted: “Our goal is the end of Israel. … We don’t want peace. We want war and victory.”

For the record, this is not a defense of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas or of funding terrorists. It is simply an explanation of what is taking place. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that the idea of ending payments to Palestinian terrorists and their families is a challenging one, to say the least. Old habits, especially of hate, are hard to break. The practice of paying salaries to terrorists and the families of “martyrs” is as old as the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which was founded in 1964.

So what is the oldest reference to “Allah” discovered in antiquity? Who was he and what did he represent?

The answer should shock many in the scholarly community.

The oldest reference to “Allah” (before this publication), according to Kenneth J. Thomas, was discovered in Northern and Southern Arabia dating back to the fifth century B.C. [1]

But new research linking “Allah” being worshiped as a deity can be found in the Epic of Atrahasis chiseled on several tablets dating to around 1700 BC [2] and was not found in Arabian records, but in Babylonian.

From coast to coast, parents are rebelling against what they describe as Islamic indoctrination of their children in public schools.

In Florida, for example, parents are protesting a newly approved textbook they say whitewashes Islam’s violent history of conquest and subjugation, while in San Diego, an angry father confronted the city’s school board about its partnership with the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations in an “anti-bullying” program.

Millions of Muslims all over the world are giving their lives to Jesus Christ, and in many instances this is happening because of dreams, visions and other supernatural encounters.

Recently I have been writing a lot about the decline of Christianity in America and about the judgment that is about to hit our churches.

Fortunately, the decaying state of the church in the United States is only a small part of the overall story. In other areas of the globe, Christianity is experiencing absolutely explosive growth even in the midst of horrendous persecution.

The head of a messianic Jewish ministry says a church congregation in Arkansas is taking a dangerous step by agreeing to build a place of worship in conjunction with a Muslim group.

All Saints Episcopal Church in Bentonville, Arkansas, recently signed a letter of agreement to build a communal place of worship with the Bentonville Islamic Center. Leaders of the two congregations – along with members of Bentonville’s Jewish community – have been discussing plans for “an interfaith sacred space” for almost three years.